Microsoft Global Occupational Health & Safety Manager 

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 

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As an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of global health and safety programs. You will work to ensure that Microsoft employees have a safe and healthy working environment by recognizing risks and unsafe practices, identifying and leading improvement initiatives, and monitoring performance and compliance. You will help support implementing and ongoing management of the health and safety programs. You must be an experienced technical professional in occupational health and safety, with a history of success in implementing processes at a large company. We are looking for someone with experience working directly with global OHS stakeholders to manage in-country compliance and someone who can be a thought leader with a collaborative mindset to help us shape our culture of health and safety through innovative, world-class offerings.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene, or related field AND 4+ years experience in Health and Safety Worldwide Regulations
  • OR equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Safety and Health, Industrial Hygiene or related field AND 8+ years in Health and Safety Worldwide Regulations experience
  • OR Master's Degree in Health and Safety, Industrial Hygiene, or related field AND 6+ years Health and Safety Worldwide Regulations experience
  • OR equivalent experience
• Internationally recognized safety and health certifications

The complexity of our activities requires knowledge and technical capabilities in Occupational Health and Safety. Some examples of specific processes that this role will be responsible for implementing and monitoring include:

• Supplier management
• Experience developing and implementing OHS programs in alignment with ISO 45001 and local OHS regulations for countries you manage
• Ergonomics within an office and lab environment
• Working with teams in research and development labs on topics related to lasers, noise, respirator use, machine hazards, exposure assessment (Industrial Hygiene), heavy material handling, hazardous substances handling

As a Global OHS manager, you will:

• Be responsible for implementing global programs locally in your country and region, which includes disseminating information related to OHS requirements and standards.
• Help implement a communication framework to educate and build local awareness of OHS.
• Monitor OHS requirements and standards to ensure regulatory declarations are in compliance.
• Interpret and analyze reports and manage documentation of the health and safety impact within your country and region.
• Partner with stakeholders via cross-functional projects and specifications.
• As applicable for your country and region, program manage medical exams, accident insurance and return to work after injury process.